Mixing vessel.



No. 729,884. PATENTBD JUNE 2, 1903'.

' S R. MUNSON.

, MIXING VESSEL.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 4. 1903. no MODEL.

AB 7 Mi/255555. 7 1 Jwsmm-i UNITED STATES PatentedJune 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL R. MUNSON, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES F.SMITH'AND GEORGE M. LANDERS, OF NEW BRITAIN,

CONNECTICUT.

MIXING VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 729,884, dated June 2,1903.

Application filed April 4, 1908. Serial No. 151,172. (No model.)

mixing vessels; and the object of my invention is to provide simple andefficient means for firmly clamping the vessel to a table-like support.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my mixingvessel, together with a portion of a table to which it is attached.Fig.- 2 is a reverse plan showing.

the bottom of my vessel. Fig. 3is a sectional side elevation of thelower part of the said vessel and a portion of a table.

A designates a vessel whichis round in plan view and which I have shownshallow for convenience of illustration, but which may be of any desiredheight. My improvements relate solely to the lower part of the vesseland the clamp for use therewith. improvement is particularly useful inthat class of mixing vessels which are used in connection with anagitator that is driven by a crank as, for example, dough-mixers. Suchvessels are often made of thin material, and it is difficult to firmlysecure them to a table so that the metal will not buckle or bend underthe strain of the crank-operated mechanism.

Across the bottom of the vessel A, at the middle portion, I secure asocket etof a red tangular form in cross-section (see broken lines inFig. 1) and open at both ends, the said ends terminating near theouter'edge of the bottom, as shown. This socket is adapted to receivethe tenon or tongue 5 'of the clamp 6,

which extends nearly halfway through the said socket. The said socketalso serves to stiffen or reinforce the bottom of the vessel. Ondiametrically opposite points in a line at right angles to the length ofthe socket I secure to the under side of the bottom, near The i theouter edge, the two bosses or projections 7 7, the depth of which is alittle in excess of the height or depth of the socket 4, whereby whenthe tenon 5 is inserted in the said socket and the vessel clamped. tothe table B by tightening the screw 8 of the clamp 6 the vessel will beslightly tilted toward the front and rest upon three pointsviz., the twobosses and forward end of the socket-as shown in Fig. 3. It isimmaterial which end of the socket is presented to the front edge of thetable, as the tenon can be inserted into either end, and that end,whichever it may be, will be forced down to a firm hearing at the frontedge of the table. This throws substantially all of the strain on pointsnear the outer edge where the bottom is the stifiest by reason of itsbeing reinforced by the side of the vessel.

I claim as my improvement- 1. A mixing vessel, having theclamp-receiving socket extending along the under side of the bottom fromits edge inwardly and the two projections on the bottom arranged in aline transversely to the length of the said socket, substantially asdescribed.

2. Ina mixing vessel, the combination of the bottom of the vessel havingthe clamp-receiving socket and two projections, with a clamp having atenon adapted to be received in the said socket.

3. In a mixing vessel, the combination of the bottom of the vessel withthe double-ended clamp-receiving socket extending across the saidbottom, the two projections on opposite sides of the said socket, andthe clamp hav ing a tenon fitted to the said socket.

4. In a mixing vessel, the combination of the bottom of the vesselhaving the clamp-receiving socket'and the two projections on oppositesides-thereof, with a clamp having a tenon fitted. to the said socket,the said two projections being slightly deeper than the depth ofthe-said socket.

SAMUEL R. MUNSON.

Witnesses:

W. W. PEAST, J. N. STANLEY;

